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Damn that Phone  

Platosgames 102M
3189 posts
11/15/2018 7:22 pm

    Quoting SeaGirlFL:
    The Do Not Call list used to work...but really doesn't now.

    I have a landline so I don't have to give out my cell number to clients. Unfortunately, I get almost NO client calls to that line, and almost exclusively spam calls. My land line is really through the cable company, and they have a tool that identifies if the it appears to be an automated call, and it rings once and goes to voicemail. LOVE that. Of course they never leave a message, lol.

    My cell phone, I do get a few spam calls. There is one company that was calling often, when I tried to ask them to take me off their list, they just kept talking over me and not listening at all (just thinking about it gets me so pissed, lol). And, I know it wasn't a recording because we had a conversation before I politely asked her to remove my name. Those calls come from the area code, and first 3 digits of my cell number.

    Let us know if you try Paul's app...I might be interested in that...
I will do an update. I'm gonna check a few things this weekend. It's really getting crazy at this point.

I just checked my phone log. 38 calls today. 16 business, 4 family, the rest are spam calls.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx


japaneseass 56F  
50231 posts
11/16/2018 12:59 am

    Quoting Platosgames:
    Lol...too funny. They do try...by the way..That picture of me at the post office, on the most wanted. That was just a big misunderstanding. REally.

    Of course it's a shadow picture of me...so I look like a lot of the guys on here.
seriously...i saw you, on the wall of our local post office!!! Mr. American's Most Wanted...i just ripped the page off, so i can keep it for my future self pleasuring session...


Platosgames 102M
3189 posts
11/16/2018 4:46 am

    Quoting japaneseass:
    seriously...i saw you, on the wall of our local post office!!! Mr. American's Most Wanted...i just ripped the page off, so i can keep it for my future self pleasuring session...
Thanks...I've been trying to get that picture taken down...I'm glad you have found a use for it.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx


FMAOPLS 70F
27112 posts
11/17/2018 12:58 am

I'm a dinosaur who still has a landline, with the number I've had since 1975. I rarely give anyone my cell phone number, and never as a 1st contact.

So imagine my surprise recently, when my cell phone rang while I was waiting in line for the ferry - and it was my 1st scam call - someone with an Indian accent trying to convince me they were calling from the Canada Revenue Agency.

I hate to think that, if I ever give up my land-line to use only a cell - I will get the same scam calls, like from "Visa/Mastercard Service". Yeah, right - the competitors are going to have 1 service department between them.

What the heck am I saying? You have my sympathies.

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Platosgames 102M
3189 posts
11/17/2018 6:00 am

    Quoting FMAOPLS:
    I'm a dinosaur who still has a landline, with the number I've had since 1975. I rarely give anyone my cell phone number, and never as a 1st contact.

    So imagine my surprise recently, when my cell phone rang while I was waiting in line for the ferry - and it was my 1st scam call - someone with an Indian accent trying to convince me they were calling from the Canada Revenue Agency.

    I hate to think that, if I ever give up my land-line to use only a cell - I will get the same scam calls, like from "Visa/Mastercard Service". Yeah, right - the competitors are going to have 1 service department between them.

    What the heck am I saying? You have my sympathies.
I was talking to someone yesterday about it..and it's scary how your number is just floating around out there. And once it gets a "hit" or two, it escalates quickly.

thanks.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx


pocogato12 71F  
37235 posts
11/17/2018 6:41 pm

The Do Not Call List ceased to work thanks to the politicians in the prior regime!!! My cell and my new land lane are both listed but is has stopped nothing And I live in the boonies where i have no cell reception!!! I have taken to looking up every single call on line and leaving rude comments.
My favorite is" Hi my name is Elizabeth with Resort Rewards Redeption" she calls from every three digit code in Maine!!! You cant cut her off and you cant call her back. She became my #1 BLOCK. I have even gotten phone calls looking for my ex- he's been gone since 1991!!!

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Platosgames 102M
3189 posts
11/18/2018 5:25 am

    Quoting pocogato12:
    The Do Not Call List ceased to work thanks to the politicians in the prior regime!!! My cell and my new land lane are both listed but is has stopped nothing And I live in the boonies where i have no cell reception!!! I have taken to looking up every single call on line and leaving rude comments.
    My favorite is" Hi my name is Elizabeth with Resort Rewards Redeption" she calls from every three digit code in Maine!!! You cant cut her off and you cant call her back. She became my #1 BLOCK. I have even gotten phone calls looking for my ex- he's been gone since 1991!!!
Well that right there tells you how widespread it is. I think weee had a good suggestion, but in today's technical world, I'm not sure anything would work. Probably the only answer would be going off the grid entirely.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx


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